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| a disease, disorder, or ailment; unwholesome condition (N) |
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| humorous misuse of a word that sounds similar to intended word but has a ludicrously different meaning ( N) |
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| infectious disease characterized by cycles of chills, fever, and sweating (transmitted by mosquitoes) (N) |
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| person dissatisfied by existing state of affairs (N or Adj.) |
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| a criminal; one who has committed a crime (N) |
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| an illegal act, especially by a public official (N) |
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| desire to commit harmful or unfair acts; in law, the intent, without just cause or reason, to commit an unlawful act that will result in injury to another or others (N) |
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| a feeling of depression, uneasiness, illness, or queasiness (N) |
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| to defame the reputation of; to speak ill of or slander ( V) |
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| to pretend to be sick to avoid doing work (V) |
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| one who pretends to be sick to avoid doing work (N) |
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| clumsy; uncoordinated (Adj.) |
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| malicious; wishing harm to others (Adj.) |
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| the wish to harm others (N) |
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| posing serious threat or harm; taking pleasure in causing suffering or injury; deadly (Adj.) |
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| spitefully mean; evil; bad in intent; in law, motivated by vicious, wanton, or mischievous purposes (Adj.) |
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| badly or poorly nourished (Adj.) |
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| causing gloom or depression; dreary as in dismal weather; characterized by lack of hope; without substance or interest as in a dismal book (Adj.) |
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